The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-12
CHICAGO KEPT COOL.
The News of the Hanging Caused No
Dangerous xcitement.


Dangerous xcitement.
CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 11.-When the
news that the end had come finally reached
the public there was but little excitement.
Extra copies of the afternoon papers were
eagerly bought, but that was all, and busi-
ness soon went on as usual. A visit to
numerous prominent manufacturers, where
large forces of workmen are employed
showed everything to be quiet and
peaceable with the regular employes
in full numbers in their places. Around the
jail 1t was military scene and the crowd
was impressed with it. Over 800 police. all
armed with repeating rifles, kept guard on
all the streets for a distance of a whole bic ck
from the Jail When the intelligence came
outside that the men were oD the scafFold,
the officers who were outside the lines of the
police went to the northwestern corner Of
the jail, on Illinois street, and waited.
sIGNALED FROM THE ROOT.
On the roof of the Criminal Court build
ing, where they could look through one of
the Jail windows, were posted nine police
men and deputy sheriff. From their po-
sition they could see the scaffold and the
condemned upon it. AS the fatal moment
approached, the men on the roof kept tue
officers below informed of the proceedings
inside. As II o'clock drew near, n police
man, who was straining bis ewes
to see the interior Of the jail,
raised his hand, and without turning his
head said, in thrilling undertone, "They
are putting on the capsl" For an instant
the cluster of officers below waited with
bated breath to hear the noise Of the drop.
'Sh"' murmured man ON tie roof A
loud thump came from the irt eric OF the
jail. II was the sound made by the fal ing
trap. Every one in the group neArd it dis
tmctly, ami every one knew what it meant.
POLICE CLAP THEIR HANDS.
The policemen on the roof threw down
their guns and clapped Their hands, and
then ceased suddenly, as though ashamed of
the act A reporter jerked a white hand
kerchief from his pocket and waved it as a
signal to the crowds passing along North
Clark street. 1t was understood A cry
went up, and in an incredibly short time the
intelligence was blocks away, and the buzz
aud hum of excited conversation sounded
like the rising of a tide In eight minutes
newsboys were darting through the crowds
bowling out: Extra extraw Gan about
the Anarchists hung!"
NARROW ESCAPES.
The immense crowd which surrounded
the jail at the time of the execution was
kept back by ropes, guarded by armed
police, and nothing was said or done to
create disorder. Great excitement was
caused Immediately after the execution by
the furious driving of a fire wagon through
the dense tbrong, with cries of
Fire! Make way! Make wayl"
and shortly afterward the crowd
was driven upon the sidewalks in wild con-
fusion by runaway team of horses, but no
one wasseriously hurt About the same time
the police undertook to arrest man who
was haranguing the crowd in an excited
manner from the clIrbstQne. He drew
revolver and showed fight, but was over
powered, disarnled and sent to the station
house There was no other disturbance.
Five hundred dollars was presented to-day
to the widows and orphans of the men
killed at the Haynarket. The money was
the gift of a prominent business man who
refuses to allow the use Of his name